Rigor, vigor, and the study of health disparities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL.2, 2012, Pages 17154-17159

  Adler, Nancy ^a,b   Bush, Nicole R ^a   Pantell, Matthew S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative risk; Methodology; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; CHILD; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CAUSALITY; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POVERTY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872235310     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1121399109     Document Type: Review

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